STEP 29 OF 67 · YOU ARE THE TECHNICAL ARTIST

Check the skeleton and skin weights

Bend shoulders, elbows, knees, fingers and waist. Fix any stretching or clothes poking through.

How to do it

  1. Pose the extremes in Character Creator.
  2. Fix problems with the weight tools or Blender's weight paint mode.
How AI speeds this up

The gate lists the poses to check, so nothing is missed.

Example from a sample game

Ashfall: fixed the cloak clipping through the thigh in a deep crouch.

Before you move on

In Duke Forger, this step's gate checks:

Words to know

Rig
The skeleton and controls inside a model that make it move.
Skin weights
Which bones move which parts of a model or its clothes.
Do step 29 on your own game

Included in Creator, Academy and Studio. Duke drafts it with you and checks it before step 30 opens.

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